Article May 28, 1949 Issue

Of Good Report

The integrity and intrinsic value of the writings of Mary Baker Eddy were brought to the attention of local members of The Mother Church, its employees, and the employees of its affiliated activities, recently, at a meeting in the interest of Mrs. Eddy's writings. The meeting, the second of its kind, was held in the Original Mother Church under the sponsorship of the Trustees under her Will.

Gordon V. Comer, Clerk of The Mother Church, introduced the speakers, Thomas E. Hurley, its First Reader, and Mrs. Helen Wood Bauman, Associate Editor of The Christian Science Journal, Christian Science Sentinel, and The Herald of Christian Science, after reading appropriate selections from the Bible and Mrs. Eddy's writings.

Mr. Hurley's subject was, "Finding Mrs. Eddy in Her Writings." His key quotation was from "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" (pp. 119, 120): "Should I give myself the pleasant pastime of seeing your personal self, or give you the opportunity of seeing mine, you would not see me thus, for I am not there. I have risen to look and wait and watch and pray for the spirit of Truth that leadeth away from person—from body to Soul, even to the true image and likeness of God. St. John found Christ, Truth, in the Word which is God. We look for the sainted Revelator in his writings, and there we find him. Those who look for me in person, or elsewhere than in my writings, lose me instead of find me. I hope and trust that you and I may meet in truth and know each other there, and know as we are known of God."

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